FRUITS:NATURE'S DESSERT

The easiest, most transportable and tastiest dessert you can eat is fruit. These aren’t free foods like vegetables; there’s still a lot of natural sugars in these little guys. But they’re also high in fiber, which slows down their absorption. If you keep it down to a couple of servings per day—maybe with a mid-morning snack, or as an after-dinner desert—you’ll manage to satisfy your sugar cravings without resorting to fatty, sugar-laden, over-processed junk. Hit the supermarket or local farmer’s market and stock up on …

CHERRIES
GRAPEFRUIT
BERRIES

– blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries
PEACHES
APRICOTS
ORANGES
PEARS
PLUMS
TANGERINES
APPLES

GRAPES*
MANGOES*
MELONS
– cantaloupe, honeydew*
DATES*
FIGS*
PINEAPPLES*
BANANAS*

*Fruits marked with an asterisk are higher in sugar, and hence should be eaten sparingly.